Sub-Saharan Africa Quizlet Flashcards

10701598188	Transition Zone East Africa Southern Africa Equatorial Africa West Africa	List the 5 sub regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.	0
10701601721	Great Rift Valley	An area in East Africa, which was formed by the separation of tectonic plates.	1
10701609540	Lake Victoria	The largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world	2
10701612777	Congo Basin	A large flat area where the Congo River drains in Equatorial Africa	3
10701620927	Transition Zone	Which sub region of Africa is experiencing desertification and water shortages?	4
10701632536	Serengeti	An area of East Africa, containing savannas and many grazing animals	5
10701644118	Humans	What is the biggest threat to the Serengeti today?	6
10701649999	Namib Desert	A desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean	7
10701653647	Kalahari Desert	Desert in Southern Africa, means "The Great Thirst"	8
10701660757	Niger River	The major river of West Africa and is used for commercial shipping	9
10701671129	Congo River	A river in Central Africa that flows into the Atlantic Ocean, is important for trade, and is the world's deepest river	10
10701679165	Africa's Rainforest	This covers just 7% of the African continent, but contains half of the continent's animal species, and is greatly impacted by deforestation.	11
10701700739	Escarpment	A steep cliff	12
10701700740	Cataract	A large waterfall	13
10701706947	Sahel	Belt south of the Sahara where it transitions into savanna across central Africa. It means literally 'coastland' in Arabic.	14
10701709989	Harmattan	A dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast, contributes to desertification	15
10701712414	Savanna	An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes	16
10701714933	Urbanization	An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.	17
10701719198	Push Factor	A factor that induces people to leave old residences	18
10701722226	Pull Factor	A factor that induces people to move to a new location	19
10701724964	Subsistence Farming	Farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced; this is the main source of income in East Africa	20
10701747418	Nigeria	Which country has Africa's largest population?	21
10701759974	Conflict Diamond	Any diamond that is mined in areas controlled by forces opposed to the government of a country and sold to fund military action against that government.	22
10701762584	Ghana, Mali, Songhai	West African kingdoms that built wealth and power through trans-Saharan trade of salt and gold	23
10701765220	Gold	The natural resource found in West Africa, allowing the empires there to flourish	24
10701768742	Mansa Musa	Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world. He created the University at Timbuktu after his hajj.	25
10701784639	Berlin Conference	Conference that Germany called for that created rules for how Europeans could colonize Africa. There were no Africans present.	26
10701789349	Rwanda	Which country experienced a genocide in 1994, which is looked at as a consequence of colonialism?	27
10701793938	Ethnocentrism	Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.	28
10701793939	Geometric Boundaries	Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines. They are a consequence of colonialism.	29
10701799840	Colonialism	Taking over another country and exploiting its people and resources	30
10701804286	Natural Resources, Spread Christianity, Interesting Wildlife, Spread Western Education	Why did Europeans colonize Africa?	31
10701809735	Apartheid	The segregation laws in South Africa that Nelson Mandela fought against	32
10701812184	Cecil Rhodes	British colonizer who moved to South Africa for the diamond industry. His life is a metaphor for European involvement in Africa.	33
10701819063	Sundiata	The founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes	34
10701825286	King Leopold II	King of Belgium (r. 1865-1909). He was active in encouraging the exploration of Central Africa and became the infamous ruler of the Congo Free State. His creation of trade routes on the Congo led to the exploitation of the African people living there.	35
10701829025	Nelson Mandela	South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)	36